A user has purchased a new gaming PC. Along with it: a strange black object. The answer to what it could be is quickly found, yet the community is still going crazy.
Those who buy a gaming PC usually get a lot of accessories with it. Mostly things like cables or mandatory manufacturer stickers so you can show who made the piece.
On reddit, a gamer has now posted a picture of a strange object that came with his new gaming PC. We used the reddit thread for our title image.
Another exciting story about computer hardware is about a small chip:
A Wi-Fi antenna for a gaming PC that apparently no one knows about
What exactly is it? The solution to the strange object is quickly found, as it appears to be the Wi-Fi antenna for his computer. These antennas are usually screwed onto the back of the PC to the motherboard like a TV cable.
Anyone looking on Amazon will quickly notice that motherboards with Wi-Fi are always delivered with such a black module to improve performance.
Do you even need the antenna? But the user still seems confused, as he asks: “Do you think it’s worth plugging it in, or is it not that important?”
Many users seem to be unaware that there are external Wi-Fi antennas for gaming systems. Another gamer explains that many don’t even install the piece, resulting in significantly weaker internet performance. He writes on reddit:
A friend received a PC a while ago and didn’t know what it was, so he threw it away. He always complained that his Wi-Fi was so bad, and when I was at his house once, I looked at it.
I told him that the antenna was missing, and he didn’t believe me, so I took him into a game and then plugged the antenna in on the back, and suddenly his Wi-Fi was great. Only then did he believe me. Then he stuck a coat hanger into the hole and called it a day.
Another adds that he had never seen anything like it and had no idea where to connect it to the PC (via reddit.com):
How is the device connected to the PC? I am a complete novice and have never used a Wi-Fi antenna. For those using coaxial connectors, it seems to be quite normal. I have no idea.
The solution seems to be quickly found, yet many other users seem to want more. The community has plenty of quirky and absurd ideas about what the manufacturer might have put in the box of the PC.
Community suspects butter knife and sex toy behind the object
How does the community react? The post on reddit has now received over 10,000 upvotes and more than 1,600 comments. Users cannot help but discuss amusingly about the picture and the question of the thread starter. And very few of the more than 1,000 comments take the question really seriously:
- One explains that he could improve his processor performance with the piece.
- A second believes it must be a kitchen knife. Another replies that it is rather “a very blunt plastic knife.”
- A third writes that this shape and size must surely be a sex toy.
The community is definitely having a lot of fun explaining to the user what is lying there with his gaming PC. Other users have much less enjoyment. One user bought a top graphics card for 300 euros, and the community had to explain to him why he would never see the graphics card:
User buys top GPU for 300 euros – community explains to him why he will never see the graphics card
